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rew pours a lightly hued with red deep amber color. Head was big, rocky and tan. Small lace left on glass as well. In the nose I encountered spice, oak, orange peel, and some hops. Flavor was somewhat sweet and a little fruity. Okay mouth feel.

A beautiful beer, a dark reddish colour with orange notes, a head is very big and light beige. Aroma is complex, dried but fresh fruits, fruitcake, some caramel, aromatic flowers, dates and some spices. Taste has dried fruits, apricot, prune, hint of lether, then bitterness and spices in the end. Medium+ bodied, strong carbonation, fresh palate. The beers from Lost Abbey are allways full of surprises and usually as a positive way, as also this beer. Miraculous complexicity but balanced. Enjoyable beer.

Bottles, vertical 2009 & 2013, enjoyed March 2015. Both pours clear maroon, with a creamy offwhite head which is significantly more voluminous on the 13. Aroma is roasted malts with bread, fruity yeast, spices and dark fruits with raisins and prunes, as well as some kandi. More mellow and balanced on the 09, and some alcohol on the 13. Medium body with soft carbonation on the 09, and not surprisingly more of both on the, somewhat, newer 13. Flavour is quite sweet roasted malts with bread and toffee, as well as yeast and wooden barrels. The 09 is quite fruity, with raisins, oak and tannins, where the 13 has more earthy notes with spicy sting of camphor and aniseed. Malty, bready finish, with differences reflecting the flavour notes of the two versions. A solid brew, where the six year old bottle has a more mellow and balanced feel, and is the winner of the two. Well done! (rating is based on the 09-version).

750 ml bottle from South Bay Drugs (before the name change) from old backlog notes. Pours a hazy dark orange amber color with a medium sized beige head. The aroma and flavor had caramel malts, dark fruits, plums, figs, yeast, spices, and some funk. The alcohol was more noticeable in the fresh bottle. The older bottle I had was less boozy and more funky. Medium bodied, dry finish.

Refrigerated 75 cl brown bottle corked at capped 2013 poured into a Trappist glass. Hazy amber with small off-white head. Aroma is dark fruit, medium body, medium carbonation, and thin small-bubble lacing. Taste is rich caramel malt, some dark fruit, spice, yeasty, a little alcohol, and bitter hop finish. This was in the top 50 when I bought and has since dropped out of the top 50. Not that great.

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